Ballenas, playas, pescar, y una clima muy calor
My trip with Fer panned out and on Thursday night we left for the beach from
It was quite hot, but I missed the heat that I was not getting in
Oh, I forgot to say Fer and I went to stay with her friend (Vane) and mom who invited us to their condo or whatever in Same – they were our transportation.
After returning and almost buying a dress for Katie that the others wanted to buy (I don’t like shopping and don’t think I could ever buy clothes for women), we basically just enjoyed the very hot day at the beach by drinking our cocoanut “water” playing in the warm water, and walking the beach. I was thinking about seeing some whales and doing some fishing, but since we were in a nicer area, the prices were higher. I thought it was pretty ridiculous to pay 50 for only one hour of fishing. Thus, we asked a local if I could go with him in his 14 foot wooden canoe. He said absolutely and said it would only be $5 though I ended up giving him $10. That next morning. I went out on the pacific ocean with Ignacio and a kid probably about 11 years old. They were probably 20 fishermen out that day whose ocean waves were very calm (the ocean was calm every day … I guess that is why it is called the Pacific) (Oh, and on another side note, I did investigating with Vane’s mom on the safety of this --- I was a bit nervous since it was only a small boat, but the ocean was as I said very calm.). We went out … I just sat in the front while the other stood and rowed … I probably would have fallen over had I done this. We went out about half a mile and got to our net where they started taking in about 2 football field’s worth of net. The day ended up being not so good but I still learned a lot about what they caught and what things were good. On the way back we put out the net in a different area and headed back in while Ignacio called to his buddies yelling their nicknames as we went past them. After the fishing, I was lured into trying to see the whales after a lowering of the price to $10 and a guarantee of seeing the whales or not having to pay. The trip was supposed to consist of 15 min going out to sea, 30 min of watching, and 15 minutes returning. However, what really happened was 1 hour or more going out to see … I almost could not see land any more, 55 minutes of running around a general area looking for whales, 5 minutes of viewing time of whales that we found, and another hour to return. Unfortunately I was not able to really get any pictures … the captain said he took pictures for me (and I did not check) so I did not take anymore since it was pretty wet and were few opportunities to take a picture. (Oh and since I don’t have a picture of the boat either, picture something like the old Four Wins. It was a bit smaller in length, sat lower and was holding about 14 people.)
I did not get sea sick after being at sea for almost 5 hours that morning (with the fishing too), but I was really happy to be on land again and was completely exhausted. I got back and rested the rest of the day while also being buried in the sand.
Sunday, the last day, would prove to be very action-packed even though we were leaving at 3:00pm. That morning, I went with the guy that took me fishing with his brother and his brother’s son to their finka, where they grew all kinds of fruits and where his brother and dad lived. We hiked around for about 2 hours exploring the land. I thoroughly enjoyed it and was really thankful for being able to do this. After taking many, many pictures, (I think I took about 180 that weekend) including some of the family that helped me, I returned to the others watching the 2nd half of “the game” against
The bus ride back was much more enjoyable and entertaining. It was air-conditioned for about and hour and we got free entertainment next to us watching about 8 in front of us become a bit drunk.
After getting home safely at 10, I collapsed in my bed after a much enjoyed weekend.
Before the weekend, David was leaving on Thursday for Michigan to go to school in GR. One of the nights during the week, he had all his friends over for a good-bye. This picture is in our house in the formal dining room and was taken after I and 2 others beat everyone in a soccer tournament in the yard outside -- this is why everyone looks so tired since they had to work so hard to play against my team.
One form of transportation at the beach -- some with motors, some not.
After walking in the sun and applying 3 times sunscreen in 1 hour, I sat down to drink the very refreshing water of a young cocoanut. (It's not the normal "milk"since it is so young) . Apparently the locals drink this like water, especially since this is not going to have any bugs or contaminants in it. I think I ended up having about 4 while there --- the only problem was that I am pretty sure it was a diruretic -- I had to go to the bathroom many times. In the background, you can see the guard who cut down the cocoanuts with a mechede from the trees right on the resort.
A view of the beach at Same
The bridge in Altacamens
A neat sunset photo.
Being buried after getting off the boats and wanting to sleep (at least that was my intention). On the right you can see "Se vende". They were trying to sell me.
Trying to catch all the crabs creatures that were on the beach. I was not very successful then but was later at night
The boat I went on to go fishing as well as Ignacio on the right and the kid on the left. This is the day after(Sunday) --- I did not dare take my camara out on the ocean to take pictures as much as I wanted to. This day for Igancio was much better catching lots of giant shrimp -type fish as well as fish, some crabs, and a squid. You can see everyone working to get the catch out of the net. When I was fishing, Ignacio and the kid just got the catch out of the net right at see so I could see everything right there fresh out of the ocean.
This is probably what I look liked on the boat on the ocean minus one person since there is only 2. Also, this is a bit different since the boat is close to shore.
Sunset
No these are not mascotas for friendship and loyalty, they are food. This was at the finka.
A friend we found on the path.
I have tons of pictures of the finka, which was nestled between to large hils.
Me, very hot in the finka
The house where the brother stayed in.
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